The computer hangs: what to do and how to avoid it afterwards

If you have a decent experience of working with a computer, you can certainly bring not one or two examples of how the car suddenly started to cruelly "slow down". Of course, about any comfortable use of the PC at such times it does not go. So, the computer hangs. What to do and how not to let this situation happen again in the future?

Let's start with the simplest and to the horror of the banal question. Do you have an antivirus? And if there is, then when did you last update it? Note that the fifth version of the same "Avast" was a good defense six years ago, but today it is useless. If you use a paid utility, then the question arises, are you all right with the license?

If it ends in the distant past or downloading a "hacked" antivirus, it's no surprise that the computer hangs. What to do in this case?

Of course, download a normal protection program, install it on your computer and conduct a full scan. After removing the gorgeous collection of "parasites", your machine will probably work even slightly faster.

If you ignore the disgusted many viral themes, it would be nice to remind users that the computer has not only a software, but also a hardware component. Simply put, it would be nice to clean off the giblets of your iron friend at least a couple of times in six months. If inside the system unit you can collect dust on a pair of felt boots, then the computer hangs (what to do with this, we'll talk still) for a reason.

To prevent this from happening, it is not necessary to disassemble the system unit to the last cog: you can just limit the cleaning with a vacuum cleaner and a soft brush. If you have at least some practical skills, it is better once in six months or a year to completely disassemble the computer, change the thermal paste and remove dust from all the nooks. Unfortunately, such events do not always help. It happens that even after all the events described, the computer hangs heavily. What to do next?

Remember when the hovering started. Did you install any new equipment? Often a new and powerful video card is to blame when it is put in an old system unit with a "dead" power supply. In this case, its power is simply not enough, as a result of which the computer begins to hang or fall to the "death screen". Independently you are unlikely to cope with the "iron" problems, and therefore it is better to contact the service center.

However, there is another situation. Suppose a computer constantly hangs (what to do, you will now find out) that you bought a couple of days ago in a computer store and just installed an operating system on it. In what the reason can be?

Most likely, you did not install all the drivers for the hardware. Right click on the "My Computer" icon, select the "Properties" item in the context menu, then click on the "Device Manager" line in the opened dialog box.

If at least one item in the opened list has an exclamation mark or a question mark, then the problem is exactly in the drivers. Install them from the disk, which is usually attached to the purchased equipment or use the service "Windows Update".

We hope you got information about the typical reasons why the computer hangs. You already know what to do!